Sunday, April 8, 2012

Shanghai Business District and the skyscrapers


Today I’m gonna write and post some pictures about the Shanghai business district around the Bund and Lujiazui in the Pudong area. The Bund is probably the most famous tourist spot for people visiting Shanghai and there are all the time hundreds of people taking pictures from the spectacular view to Pudong. It’s also the home for many Chinese and foreign companies to have their offices there, even though the Pudong side is way more popular. The Bund is located also very close to the East Nanjing Road metro station and the pedestrian street, which is a very big shopping street that has its other end at People’s Square. 


Me, my girlfriend and our friend wanted to visit one of the three observation decks for tourists on the skyscrapers on one very sunny and clear day. There are three decks you can visit and they all are located close to the Lujiazui metro station. The possibilities are the Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center (SWFC). We decided to go to the SWFC which is the highest tower in Shanghai and its observation deck is the world’s tallest currently with its height of 474m. In total there were 3 decks on different levels but I strongly recommend to pay the extra 50yuan for adults to get to the very top because the view is that awesome, though its very cool from the lowest deck too. However, on the highest deck you can enjoy the view while walking on a glass floor looking directly down on the streets! If you want to enjoy the same view from your hotel window, there’s a Park Hyatt hotel at the SWFC too and it’s just below the observation decks on the floors between 79 and 93. 



3 comments:

  1. It is an astonishing business building tower.

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  2. It's a wonderful creation. Yet another beautiful building in Shanghai.

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  3. The adventures that seem the scariest, most difficult and dangerous are usually the ones that you will look back on, smile about, and remember forever.

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